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Progress to Close 11 Coal Plants – The News and Observer
Although this was required and not entirely unexpected, it’s a good move regarding both climate change and public health. NC WARN will have much more detail on this soon.
Orrin Pilkey: Rising Sea Levels in NC
A 3-foot sea level rise means the end of development as we know it on the 20 or so barrier islands that make up the 350 mile-long North Carolina coast.
Coal Damages Health in Many Ways – Institute for Southern Studies
A new assessment of coal’s health effects from Physicians for Social Responsibility – excellent article by Facing South – Inst. for Southern Studies
Climate change quickens; emissions must peak by 2015-20 – Reuters
26 experts urge action to cap rising world greenhouse gas emissions by 2015 or 2020 to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
Climate Change Speeds Up Since Kyoto in 1997: Associated Press article and response from Jim Warren
How climate change has accelerated beyond some of the grimmest warnings made in 1997. NC WARN Executive Director Jim Warren responds in a letter to The News & Observer.
NC Commission Green-lights Duke Energy Expansion in South Carolina – News Release by NC WARN
Last week the NC Utilities Commission approved Duke’s wholesale contract with five electric cooperatives in South Carolina. It is more than clear that Cliffside is being built so Duke can add new customers despite Duke’s years-long insistence that Cliffside was needed to accommodate growth within its approved territory.
Cloudy Days on the Climate Front – The News and Observer
Column by Gwynne Dyer: Patching together an inadequate climate treaty at Copenhagen just to avoid the stigma of failure would repeat the mistake of 1997.
Key Articles on Health Effects of Pollution – Dr. Zell McGee
Annotated bibliography regarding the health effects of pollution.
Cliffside Could Endanger Our Health – Oped by Physicians in The Charlotte Observer
Two prominent Charlotte physicians warn about mercury and other health impacts of a new Cliffside unit (from Jan. 08 but new to our website)